Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-19
CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS.
Senate.

passage. Mr Stanford opposed it. Sena-
tor Spooner got the Milwaukee public build.
ing Dill through the committee. and report
ed 1T for passage with two amenduen
The bill appropriates 81 200, 900 for site
and building.
TUESDAY, Jan. 11.-Mr. Cameron, from
the committee on military affairs reported
q bill for the relief of telegraph operators
during the war. Mr.. Sherman (by reuuest)
introduced a bill to reimburse the deposit
ors OF the Freedman's Bank OF Washing
| ton. On motion of Mr.. henderson, the
House bill for the relief of settlers and
| purchasers of lands on the public domain
! in Nebraska and Kansas, was taken up
and considered, the question being on the
substitute reported by the committee on
public lands. Tho substitute appropriates
$25, 900 to reimburse the purch asers,
homesteaders and pre-emptors who had to
| pay for their lands to the Northern Kansas
Railroad Company, which was decided by
| the circuit court of the United States to
! have prior title to the landslide basis of
reimbursement being $3.50 an acre. After
discussion the substitute was agreed to
| yeas 81, nays II; and the hill, as thus
amended, was passed, and a conference
| asked.
| WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12.--Debate was re-
sumed on the Interstate commerce bill hut
| a vote YVES not reached A bill extending
| the time for the presentation Of claims I'M
der the French spoliation act was reported
| and passed. MIR. Dolph, from the commit
| tee on coast defenseA, reported bill ap-
| propriating So, 900, 900 for the construc-
| ton of Qualifications. The army appropri-
| alton bill was reported back from commit
! tee.
| THURSDAY, Jan. 13 After q long debate
| on the Interstate commerce bill an agree.
ment was reached that q vote be taken on
the measure tomorrow. Mr.. Hoar intro
duced a bill for q monument to the mem
DRY OF the negro soldiers and sailors who
gave their lives to the propagation of the
government Mr.. Vests resolution direct
ing the secretary of the treasury to furnish
full statement OF all money pad out on
account of prosecutions of criminal or civil
cases In state courts by federal officials OF
the department from July /, 1879, to De-
cember j, 1886 with a list ofagents or en-
ployes engaged IN such prosecutions, etc.,
was passed.
FRIDAY, Jan. 14.-The Senate, after dis
GUESSING the Interstate commerce bill all
day and until l130 O'Clock tonight,
agreed to the conference report by vote
OF 43 yeas and 5 nays. Previous to that
Mr.. Frye moved to recommit the bill. His
motion was lost by a vote OF SO nays to
25 yeas.
MONDAY, Jan. 10.-Bills Introduced:
Making ten years residence OF aliens
prerequisite to naturalization; to place
lumber and salt on the free list and to re-
duce the duty on sugar; for the purchase of
John Ericsson's Destroyer" and ten en-
larged steel vessels of the same type, for
defending the harbors of the United
States; requesting the secretary of
the treasury to institute inquiry rel
alive to the proper heating of pas
senger cars and the construction of steam
boats, 80 as TO lessen the danger of loss of
property and life by fire: and to prevent the
destruction OF human life by fire in railroad
accidents. Mr.. Hoar, from the select COM
mittee on the centennial celebration, re.
ported resolutions declaring it expedient
that action be taken by Congress for the
due celebration in Washington, about April
30, 1889, Of the centennias OF the adop-
ton of the constitution and of the discov-
cry OF America, and directing the commit
tee to consider and propose the best meth
cd of celebration. Adopted.
TUESDAY, Gan. 11.-By vote of 22G to
26 the bill creating department OF agri-
culture was passed. Willis, from the COM
mittee on rivers and harbors, reported
back the river and harbor appropriation
bill. February was fixed upon for listen
ing to euOgies on the late CONGRESSMAN
Price. The secretary OF war transmitted
to the House o. report from the board of
engineers (appointed under the terms OF
the last river and harbor EilD upon the
proposed acquisition by the government OF
the Illinois d MICHIGAN (Hennepin) Canal.
The report is generally favorable to the
construction OF the proposed canal on the
line which is designated in the bill reported
by the House committee on railways and
canals.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12.-The House pa ssed
without division the Tucker substitute for
the Edmunds anti-polygamy bill after an
extended debate. 1t makes thelawfui hus-
band or wife Of any person prosecuted for
blgamy, polygamy or unlawful cohabita-
ton competent witness against the &C.
cused and further provides for the registrar
ton OF all marriages, making il a mis-
demeanor Tor any person to violate the
provisions relative to such registration. It
annuls all territorial laws providing for the
identification of the votes of electors at
any election; alec, all laws comforting on
the territorial courts the power to de-
termine certain cases, and aholishes wom-
an suffrage in the territory CT Utah. Pen
al6es are pres cribed for unlawful sexual in
tercourse, and polygany is defined as
marriage between ole pareOn OF sex
and more than ona person of another sex
and is declared to be a. felony. The
financial corporations known as TIL. Church
of the Latter Day Saints and'the Perpetual
Emigration Fund Company are to be wound
up by process OF court; and all
laws for the organization of the mill
tia OF the territory and the creation of the
Nauvoo legion are annuhed. Polygamists
are made ineligible to vote, and test oath
is prescribed to all persons desiring TO vote
that will obey the laws OF the United States
and especially the laws in respect to the
crimes defined in this and the original Ed.
munds act. The bill provides for the i'm.
mediate appointment by the President of
all judges and selectmen of the county and
probate courts and by the governor of all
Justices of the peace, sheriffs, constables
and other county and district officers. The
bill as amended by the adoption of the
substitute will now be transmitted to the
Senate for the action of that body.
THURSDAY, Jan. 13.-The following bills
were passed: Authorizing the service OF
civil and criminal process issued by any
territorial court within Indian and mill
tary reservations and the Yellowstone
National Park amending the law regu
lating the removal of causes from the state
to federal courts. (The bill increases the
minimum jurisdiction of the circuit courts
from $500 to $4,000; takes away from the
circuit courts Jurisdiction of causes in |